A Voyage to Arcturus

A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay 

In his introduction to The Mind Parasites, Colin Wilson refers to David Lindsay’s 1920 SF novel, A Voyage to Arcturus as “the greatest novel of the 20th century.” Such a statement coming from a writer of well over 100 books including well-regarded books on philosophy and science fiction, makes one sit up and take notice.
A Voyage to Arcturus has been in print continuously since 1920 thanks to a cult following. Originally it sold less than 600 copies, and is now largely unread among mainstream science fiction readers.
A Voyage to Arcturus is not the book most SF editors would pick up today. It is short, about 250 pages, not part of a series, has no military element, is written in a stilted language, a plot reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and has cardboard, two-dimensional characters. Actually, there’s only one main character, Maskull, a man lost on the planet, Tormance, wandering from one race to another, murdering well-meaning people who cross his path, sprouting extra hands and organs, and generally befuddled as to why...
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